Baby Fever!!!

Guys, I'm like dying right now. Currently 5 months postpartum and the baby fever has hit HARD! We've talked about waiting another year before trying (when I graduate college) but my body is screaming for another. I literally crave birth.

How do you guys curb the fever? I don't want to start getting crazy and I know I will if it doesn't let up soon.

Not sure on the toddler advice - I have twins who will be 3 just after LO (little one) is 6 months, and baby fever still hit me HARD out of the blue this week! We'll be waiting until LO (little one) is a year old to try again, but if the rest of this year is like this week, that's gonna be tough! In the meantime we're being extra careful - we needed several rounds of clomid each time before, but there's no way I'm trusting that's the case again! I love being pregnant, just not until I've recovered from last time.

we started trying 10 months after the first bc I wanted them to be close in age. took 6 months to get pregnant bc of breastfeeding had my hormones whacked out.

The problem was I got into RN program at school 6 months pregnant and a failed miserably. so unless you have help with baby and soon to be baby I would hold off. I didn't study, and I was so mad at myself for it bc I barely missed it. But i couldn't separate myself from the babies. Also PPD (postpartum depression) snuck up on me the 2nd time out of nowhere.

You can come to my house for a couple of days lol. My LO (little one) is extremely demanding. Looks like a non-ending Leap. I was not expecting an easy life but this is crazy. She cries all day long, two 15min naps as much, she sleeps 4 hours straight at night AS LONGER and then she wakes up every 2 hours if we are lucky, stays awake at 4-5 am. She turned 5 months yesterday and we are still waiting for the “she will get better”.

We wanted 2 or 3 kids depending on the genders and now we feel we are done we only this LO. We have tried everything to have a routine or help her being a bit more independent like play with her toys alone at least for a few minutes, falls sleep by herself... nothing works.

Don’t get me wrong, we love her so much and we try to do our best. Soooo hard.

You can come to my house for a couple of days lol. My LO is extremely deman...

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09/26/2018

You can come to my house for a couple of days lol. My LO is extremely demanding. Looks like a non-ending Leap. I was not expecting an easy life but this is crazy. She cries all day long, two 15min naps as much, she sleeps 4 hours straight at night AS LONGER and then she wakes up every 2 hours if we are lucky, stays awake at 4-5 am. She turned 5 months yesterday and we are still waiting for the “she will get better”.

We wanted 2 or 3 kids depending on the genders and now we feel we are done we only this LO. We have tried everything to have a routine or help her being a bit more independent like play with her toys alone at least for a few minutes, falls sleep by herself... nothing works.

Don’t get me wrong, we love her so much and we try to do our best. Soooo hard.

My first was like this. He is still a bit high maintenance but when he turned one its like a lightswitch flipped and he became a much more chill kid. And then i have this LO (little one) and they are 19 months apart. You might change your mind, haha

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